Bisbee Mining and Mineral Museum welcomes Zona Lorig and Norma Jean Coulter

 Rock Star Travelers: Zona Lorig and Norma Jean Coulter drove all over S.E. Arizona blending history and food with Tastes & Treasures II. They delivered the Historical League's cookbook to 10 different museums. Pictured here is Brenda Morales from the Bisbee Mining and Mineral Museum.

Zona commented, "Brenda was thrilled to receive the box of our cookbooks. She clasped one to her chest and said she had sold the last one. Visitors asked for an interesting cookbook and she loved to share our storytelling cookbook!"

Zona Lorig and Norma Jean Coulter deliver Tastes & Treasures II

 The journey to deliver Tastes & Treasures II to Certified Historical Institutions took Norma Jean Coulter and Zona Lorig to Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society. The museum was closed when they arrived but a volunteer came to their aid. Zona commented, "He was a wonderful guide who opened the museum and gave us a great tour."

Tastes & Treasures II goes to small museums around the State

 Road trip with Tastes & Treasures II. Zona Lorig and Norma Jean Coulter had a great experience delivering books to small museums around SE Arizona.

Robert Davenport, Zona, Norma Jean and Robert Ramirez, officers of Tombstone Restoration Commission.

Traveling through SE Arizona, Zona Lorig and Norma Jean Coulter made friends as they delivered boxes of Historical League's Tastes & Treasures II to small museums. Pictured here is

Norma Jean, Jason Macoviak, Copper Queen Library Manager for Bisbee Restoration and Historical Society, Zona Lorig

Juneteenth volunteers needed

 

Assistance is needed in the areas listed here:

Saturday, June 15th Volunteers:

Set Up: Set up will take place between 2pm-5pm the day before the event.

Sunday, June 16th Volunteers (9am - 5:30pm):

Greeters: Greeters will be at the front of the museum to hand out programs, count guests, and answer questions about the event.

Table Attendants: Each attendant will assist a section of the museum, including answering questions and crowd control.

Food and Beverage Attendants: Help direct guests to the food and beverage tables and to assist any guests that may need help in getting their food/drinks.

Arts & Crafts Attendants: Support staff with activities and tracking/restocking supplies. Ushers: Assist guests in our main auditorium. Supervise the small auditorium.

Clean Up Crew: Clean up after the event and help tablers to their vehicles. Cleanup crew may need to stay until 6:00 p.m.

Hall Monitors: Monitor the employee/staff/volunteer only areas.
Performance Assistants: Assist staff in running the sound and lights and assisting with

performers. Volunteers in this position must commit to attend at least one dress rehearsal.

If you are interested in any of these volunteer opportunities, fill out our volunteer form and indicate Juneteenth, your area of interest, and the number of hours you are available in the additional information section. This form can also be found under the volunteer section on the AHS website: https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/support/volunteer/

2005 AZ Historymaker Cloves Campbell, Sr. and AZ Informant

 Thanks to 2005 Arizona Historymaker Cloves C. Campbell, Sr. who purchased the AZ Informant in 1969, this newspaper has the slogan, “We Record Black History . . . 98% of Our News, You Won’t Find in Any Other News Media in Arizona.” Congratulations on so many years of publishing!

 Best of luck to Mrs. Stacey Trepanier, junior division nominee for the Patricia Behring award for National History Day. Your commitment to the students of Arizona is appreciated and we wish you the best! Thank you for all that you do!

We are so proud of Stacey. She does so much for her National History Day students. And she also contributes as a Historical League member!

Press Release from NHD: National History Day Celebrates Affiliate Nominees for the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award

Congratulations to Arizona’s teacher, Jr category nominee NHD Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award: Mrs. Stacey Trepanier, New Vistas Center for Education, Chandler, AZ.

College Park, Maryland – May 13, 2024 – National History Day® (NHD) is proud to announce the teachers honored as the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year nominees. Each NHD affiliate may nominate one middle school teacher and one high school teacher per year for this prestigious award. In addition to celebrating outstanding history scholarship and innovative classroom instruction, the award comes with a $10,000 cash prize. The 102 teachers selected as the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year nominees represent 50 of NHD’s 58 affiliates. NHD affiliates include all 50 states and the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, and international schools in Europe and Asia. Each nominee is a teacher who demonstrates a commitment to engaging students in historical learning through the innovative use of primary sources, implementation of active learning strategies to foster historical thinking skills, and participation in the National History Day Contest. All nominees receive $500.

“The Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award nominees always represent the best in history education,” said National History Day Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “As NHD celebrates our 50th anniversary year, I couldn’t be more proud of these teachers. Every day, they demonstrate their commitment to excellence in teaching, the rigorous study of history and primary sources, and the creativity and drive to engage students all across the country and world in National History Day.”

One national winner in the middle school (junior) division and one national winner in the high school (senior) division will be selected by a committee of experienced teachers and historians and announced on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the National History Day National Contest Awards Ceremony in College Park, Maryland. The Awards Ceremony will begin around 8 am and will be livestreamed at nhd.org/awards-ceremony.

Cowboy Artists of America 2024

 Cowboy Artists of America began in 1965 with Joe Beeler and 3 others. This organization helped launch the contemporary Western art movement. 1995 AZ Historymaker Joe would be pleased to see the 2024 honorees. Listen to Joe's story at https://www.historicalleague.org/historymakers/joe-beeler

Formal portrait by Peter Robbins: back row L to R: Brandon Bailey, Dustin Payne, Todd Connor, Chad Poppleton.

middle row: Teal Blake, Jack Sorenson, Tyler Crow, Grant Redden, Alvin Marshall, Albin Veselka, Mikel Donahue, Dave Santillanes.

front row: Bill Nebeker, Martin Grelle, Wayne Baize, Bruce Greene, Phil Epp.

Not pictured are Michael Dudash and Clark Kelley Price.

Joe Beeler 1995 Arizona Historymaker